The Northern Rivers Times
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February 1, 2024!!!
NEWS
Tweed citizens recognised at Australia Day Awards Ceremony
The Tweed’s Citizen of the year is Kingscliff resident Julie Lowe (centre). She is pictured here with other Tweed Australia Day Award recipients, including (clockwise from top left): Heather McLelland, Tomas Bowie, Chinderah Community Hub, Kate McKenzie, Murwillumbah Festival of Performing Arts, Shepherd’s Purse Theatre Company, Brendan Moore, Centaur Primary School netball team and Damien Delgado.
By Sarah Waters A number of community members were recognised at the Tweed Shire’s official Australia Day Awards Ceremony held at the Tweed Heads Civic Centre and Auditorium last Thursday. The 2023 awards are given out to recipients based on their achievements from last year. Tweed Shire Council’s acting general manager Naomi Searle was the MC for the awards which saw community members honoured in six categories, other than Citizen of the Year
which went to Kingscliff resident Julie Lowe. Joining the presentation was Federal Member for Richmond Justine Elliot, State Member for Tweed Geoff Provest, Tweed Shire Mayor Chris Cherry, Deputy Mayor Meredith Dennis and councillors Rhiannon Brinsmead, Reece Byrnes, Nola Firth, James Owen and Warren Polglase. Last year’s Tweed Shire Citizen of the Year Joan Henderson also joined in the ceremony as this year’s Australia Day Ambassador for the Tweed. The 2023 winners were: • Arts and
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Culture award: Murwilllumbah Festival of Performing Arts. Community Event of the Year: Shepherd’s Purse Theatre Company for their production of Shakespeare in Love. Senior Ambassador inaugural award winner: Recently retired therapist and published author on trauma therapy, Heather McLelland. Sporting Achievement Individual category: Professional tennis player Brendon Moore
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Sporting Achievement Individual category: Bowls Australia Jackaroos Para Squad member Damien Delgado. Sporting Achievement Individual category: Honourable Mention of Liam Gregoraci Sporting Achievement Group category: Centaur Primary School Netball team Sporting Achievement Group category: Murwillumbah Rowing Club Volunteer of the Year - Individual
category: Cofounder of Fingal Head Coastcare Kate McKenzie Volunteer of the Year - Individual category: Honourable Mention went to Kalindi Godden Volunteer of the Year - Group category: Chinderah Community Hub Volunteer of the Year - Group category: Honourable Mention to Support for New Mums Young Achiever in Community Service: Tomas Bowie Young Achiever in
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Community Service: Honourable mention went to seven-yearold Chilli Mae Powell. The Northern Rivers Times will profile the winners of each of the categories in the weeks to come. A Citizenship Ceremony Hosted by Mayor Chris Cherry followed the awards ceremony. The citizenship ceremony saw 31 residents from 13 countries across all continents become the Tweed’s newest Australians.
Suffolk Park property owner fined $12,000 for unauthorised holiday letting A Suffolk Park property
letting.
serves as a warning to
owner has been issued
Ralph James, Council’s
other property owners,
two fines of $6,000 for
Legal Counsel, said that
that we are taking the
unauthorised holiday
evidence was collected
regulation of rules
letting.
over many months.
surrounding short-term
After investigations into
“Council has been very
stock to be returned to
and they have found that
is a breach of the NSW
rental accommodation
a property on Beachside
proactive in relation to
the rental market,” Byron
the property in Beachside
Government’s rule,”
extremely seriously,
Drive at Suffolk Park,
curbing short-term rental
Shire Mayor, Michael
Drive has been let for
Mayor Lyon said.
particularly ahead of the
Council staff issued the
accommodation in parts
Lyon, said.
short-term holiday
“Council will be
introduction of the new
fines for exceeding the
of the Byron Shire to
“Staff have done a
stays for more than six
pursuing the payment of
60-day cap that will apply
180-day limit for holiday
encourage more housing
thorough investigation
months a year, which
these fines and I hope it
from September,” he said.
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